@article {228, title = {Opinion 2402: Opinion 2402 (Case 3611) {\textendash} Basilosaurus kochii Reichenbach, 1847 (currently Zygorhiza kochii; Mammalia, Cetacea): replacement of the holotype by a neotype not approved}, journal = {Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature}, volume = {74}, year = {2017}, month = {8}, type = {Opinion}, chapter = {125}, abstract = {

The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has declined to use its plenary power to set aside the existing holotype of Basilosaurus kochii Reichenbach, 1847 (currently Zygorhiza kochii) and designate a neotype.

}, keywords = {Nomenclature, taxonomy, Mammalia, Cetacea, Basilosauridae, Basilosaurus, Zygorhiza, Basilosaurus kochii, Zygorhiza kochii, Alabama, Eocene, primitive whales}, author = {ICZN} }